Hypertext Webster Gateway: "drawback"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Drawback \Draw"back`\, n.
1. A loss of advantage, or deduction from profit, value,
success, etc.; a discouragement or hindrance;
objectionable feature.
The avarice of Henry VII . . . . must be deemed a
drawback from the wisdom ascribed to him. --Hallam.
2. (Com.) Money paid back or remitted; especially, a certain
amount of duties or customs, sometimes the whole, and
sometimes only a part, remitted or paid back by the
government, on the exportation of the commodities on which
they were levied. --M`Culloch.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
drawback
n : the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the
drawbacks to my plan"
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